The Fixer (New Wave Newsroom Book 1) by Jenny Holiday Publication Date: September 13, 2016 New Adult Romance Self-Published Reviewed by Kini Blurb Jenny Fields is a crusader. As the editor of her college newspaper, she's never met a cause she couldn't get behind. So when the administration announces it's tearing down the historic art building, she's on the case All she needs to do is get Matthew Townsend, the art department's boy wonder, on board. They say he his talent is unbounded. Continue Reading
Review: Shut Out by Kelly Jamieson
Shut Out: A Bayard Hockey Novel Publication Date: June 7, 2016 New Adult/Sports Romance Loveswept Reviewed by Kini Blurb From the bestselling author of the Heller Brothers Hockey series comes the first novel of a new hockey romance series featuring a college team whose players are heating things up both on and off the ice. The Bayard College hockey team isn’t where Jacob Flass thought he’d be a season ago. He was a rising star in the Canadian major junior league, cruising toward a Continue Reading
Review: Undecided by Juliana Keyes
Undecided by Juliana Keyes Released: April 4, 2016 New Adult Self Published Reviewed by Kini This author is one of my auto buys after I read her book, Just Once. She has not led me astray. I remain on the fence about new adult books, but I just keep finding really good stories in that genre so I keep reading. This was definitely up there in the top of the genre. Low drama and angst Nora spent her first year at college drinking and partying and living the college dream. This did not Continue Reading
Review: Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein
Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein Series: Dark Obsession, #2 New Adult April 19. 2016 Loveswept Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: ”...I could tell you a thousand times that I hate you, while one I love you was right there in my head all along." Letty Carmichael barely escaped high school alive and now is safely enrolled in college. She is shocked to see one of her tormentors sitting in one of her classes. Scared for her life, Letty races for safety only to fall and hit her head. When Continue Reading
Review: Jockblocked by Jen Frederick
Jockblocked by Jen Frederick Series: Gridiron, #2 New Adult February 11, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “...Sometimes taking a risk gives you big rewards.” “And you’re that big reward?” “You won’t know unless you give me a try.” Warrior Linebacker Matthew “Matty” Iverson is entering his last year of college eligibility and is up for the position of team captain. That is if he can get their quarterback, Ace Anderson, to shift to the safety position. Easier said than Continue Reading
Review: Painful Lessons by S.C. Wynne
Painful Lessons by S.C. Wynne New Adult M/M Romance January 1, 2016 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Tori Brett Bridgeworth, a freshman at UCLA and excited to start his first year of college, finds himself becoming involved with his math tutor who appeals to the lost, lonely boy looking for love inside of him. When the relationship turns abusive, Brett breaks it off and seeks sanctuary with another student, Sam Hawthorne. Sam likes Brett a lot but has kept his attraction to him a Continue Reading
Review: The Score by Elle Kennedy
The Score by Elle Kennedy Series: Off Campus, #3 Romance Contemporary/NA January 11, 2016 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Why are you telling me this?” “Because you also look at him like he hung the moon. And I get the sense he feels the same about you.” Allie Hayes is having a crisis. She has enough on her plate with graduation and trying to get her acting career off and running without becoming another nameless, faceless notch on the campus lothario’s Continue Reading
Review: Never Tear Us Apart by Monica Murphy
Never Tear Us Apart by Monica Murphy (Never Tear Us Apart #1) Released: January 5, 2016 New Adult Bantam Reviewed by Mandi This book and I did not get along. From the blurb and skimming review on Goodreads, it looked dark and angsty - and I love some dark and angsty. I didn't find that however. Maybe I'm just bitter and old? I found the blossoming romance between our hero and heroine kind of hokey. Their thought process about each other was so over the top, I rolled my eyes the entire Continue Reading
Review: The First Last Boy by Sonya Weiss
The First Last Boy by Sonya Weiss Series: Southtown Brothers #1 New Adult Released: October 20, 2015 Reviewed by Sheena Sex was the plan. Falling in love wasn't. Eighteen-year-old Montana "Tana" Shaw has a plan for her life and she follows it to the letter. That includes losing her virginity to her best friend, Ryan Collins before she leaves for college. He's wild, tattooed, and oh-so-tempting. She never meant to fall for him. But when Tana learns that Ryan's past is responsible for Continue Reading
Review: Fighting for Devlin by Jessica Lemmon
Fighting for Devlin by Jessica Lemmon (Lost Boys #1) New Adult Romance November 24, 2015 Loveswept Reviewed by Helyce Devlin Calvary makes his own luck. Orphaned as a young child, he was taken in by a crew of bookies and gamblers—and they became his family. They’re the reason Dev’s running a trendy bistro, living in a high rise, and enjoying the good life with a string of women who never ask for too much. Until, one night, he finds out how much it hurts to trust the wrong Continue Reading